Issue 9, February 26th
Last week’s guest speaker, Donna Parker, Commercial Business Executive for JEA, gave us some insight on all the complexities that go into servicing the utility needs of the commercial and business sectors. Donna touched on the history of Jacksonville’s electric, water and wastewater infrastructure, and boy, have we come a long way since those early […]
Issue 8, February 19th
We learned a lot at our last meeting about how intense it can be to get the Florida Times-Union articles written, edited and printed, all on a daily deadline. During Hurricane Matthew, much of the Jacksonville area was asked to evacuate. A crew of Times-Union employees had to go to Georgia to keep their website functioning […]
Issue 7, February 12th
Last week our guest speaker was Paul Astleford, President and CEO of Visit Jacksonville. I learned so much from his presentation to our members. Did you know in 2015 there were 3.2 billion dollars spent in Jacksonville by visitors who live 50+ miles away? In 2016, we had 53,000 jobs directly related to the tourism […]
Issue 6, February 5th
Last Wednesday’s meeting was not only informative, but also very inspiring. I finally was able to hear Donna Deegan’s story. She’s a philanthropist, author, and community leader that has made tremendous impacts in the lives of breast cancer patients. As most of you know, cancer has affected me and some of my friends. I was […]
